Fingertip search now moves to Moor Street

From Andy Richardson at the scene: Just heard an officer say Carrs Lane may be open sooner than noon. They are just waiting for CID officers to complete their fingertip search of the area.

10:12James Cartledge

Police now emptying the contents of a bin in hunt for evidence

The officers are continuing to do a painstakingly slow fingertip search up Carrs Lane. At the moment guests are being allowed access to the Travelodge which is currently taped off by police. They are now coming back down it, stopping to search closely around the blue police tent. Officers have emptied a bin and are painstakingly going through its contents.

10:03James Cartledge

'I woke to a lot of shouting'

Police conduct a fingertip search of the area.

Police are pictured above starting a fingertip search in Carrs Lane.

Another Travelodge guest, a man, said:

I woke to a lot of shouting.

I don’t know what happened but I looked out of my window and saw some men standing over a man who was lying on the floor.

They were comforting him and trying to help him.

Then I saw an ambulance arrive.”

09:55James Cartledge

New picture just in from the scene

Police are conducting a fingertip search of the area.

From Andy Richardson at the scene: The area now taped off outside the Travelodge. Police have taped it off to do a fingertip search for more clues. The blue police tent where the stabbed man was lying on the floor can be seen in the distance.

09:49KEY EVENT

Police conducting fingertip search of the area

From Andy Richardson at the scene: A detective has just asked me to move from a grassed area outside the Travelodge.

He said police needed to do a fingertip search of the area. Police are now taping off a grassed area between the church and the Travelodge.

09:34James Cartledge

'He was in a very bad way. Paramedics were pumping his chest'

A woman, who was sleeping rough, saw paramedics giving CPR to a man lying at the location now covered by the blue tent. She said:

He was in a very bad way. Paramedics were pumping his chest.

He was a black man, I would say late teens or early twenties.

He had friends with him and they were very anxious and shouting. He was then taken away in an ambulance.

I just hope he will be OK.”

09:21James Cartledge

Bus inspectors at the scene to help passengers

A view of the police cordon.

Bus users have been trying to get to the bus stop on Carrs Lane. Police are directing people to bus inspectors who are now situated on Moor Street and telling people where they can catch a service from.

09:15James Cartledge

'It's shocking. I hope the victim will be OK'

Another Travelodge guest, a man who didn’t want to be named, said: “I am staying here for three nights as I have come back to sit an exam.

I heard nothing last night so I was shocked to come out of the door and see the area taped off.

It is shocking.

I just hope the victim will be OK.”

09:03KEY EVENT

Hotel guest heard 'heated argument'

Christine Rose-Williams, aged 57, was staying in the Travelodge which is situated opposite the scene of the stabbing. She said:

I heard a lot of shouting last night.

I would say it was just before midnight.

It is a busy city so you expect to hear shouting and noise but it sounded like quite a heated argument.

I went back to sleep only to get up, go outside and see a blue police tent and the area cordoned off.

It’s shocking to hear a man has been stabbed.”

08:41James Cartledge

Prayers for the stabbing victim

Very sad to hear of a knife attack on a young person in Carrs Lane left fighting for their life. Our prayers are with them at this time.

Busy scene as commuters try to make their way to work

The scene of the stabbing in Birmingham city centre.

From Andy Richardson at the scene: “It’s busy at the moment with people trying to take their usual route cutting up Carrs Lane and into the city centre. Police are busy telling people what diversions to make.”

08:33KEY EVENT

Stabbing scene expected to be shut until noon

A blue police tent has been erected outside M&S and is opposite a Travelodge hotel. I have just heard an officer say the tape won’t be taken down and the road reopened until around noon.